Selling-machine



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(No Model.)

J. M. O'KELLY. SELLING MACHINE.

Patented JulynQLl889.-

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N` FETRS. Phnlo-Lilllcgnpher. Wihinman, D.C.

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J. M. 0KBLLY 2 Sheets-sheet 2. `SELLING MACHINE.

Patented July 9, 1889 IEIIIIIIIIIIIU A .,illllllllllllllllllll! Bwyw ATTUHNEYS,

IIN ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MORRIS OKELLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE AUTOMATIC VENDING BOX COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK.

SELLING-"MAQHINE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,593, dated July 9, 1889.

Application ilecl November 14, 1888. Serial No. 290,845. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AME's MORRIS OKELLY, of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Selling Machines, of which the following' is a specification. Y This-invention relates to improvements in that class of machines in which an article is delivered automatically upon depositing a coin; and this invention relates especially to machines for selling' cigarettes, cigars, or like articles. L The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved selling-machine of this kind which is simple in construction and reliable in operation. i In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical transverse sectional view of my improved selling-machine, showing the parts in their normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts in the positions theyl have at the time the coin is being inserted. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view on the line Fig. l, looking toward the front. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the same line, looking toward the rear. Fig. (i is an elevation of the inner wall of the cigarette-way.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The box or casing A is provided in its front with an opening A', closed by a glass plate B,

and below said glass plate itis provided vwith a transverseslot C, onthe bottom of which a delivery-plate I) is fixed, said plate projecting from the inner and outer surfaces of` the front of the box, and being inclined from its inner to its outer edge and provided at its outer edge with an upwardly-curved iiange D. Over the upper edge of the slot C the curved guard-plate E is xed, which projects from the front of the casing. From the yinner surface of one sideof the box an arm F projects about one-third of the height of the box from the top and serves :to support a pasteboard box G, containing the cigarettes, which boX is openat the bottom and provided on one side with an exterior projection G', resting on the arm F. The vertical coin-chute H is located a short dist-ance in front of the rear wall of the box or casing A, and is provided at its upper end with a funnel-shaped enh rgement I'l. From the front wall of said coin-chute the plate `or arm I-proj ect-s horizontally at the lower end to within a distance from the front of the casing slightly greater than the diamyeter of a cigarette, and from the free end `of `sl0ts' L, through which the front ends of the lever M can pass, which is preferably forked, said lever being pivoted to the standard M on the upper surface of the plate I. A curved plate N is secured near its lower edge to the front ends of the lever M, and can pass into the slotJ in the corner formed by the plates I and J. A plate O is hinged to the inner surface of the curved plate N near the upper edge, and is provided at its swinging end with two prongs O', extending almost the entire widtlrof the plate N and adapted to pass through slots N of said plate N. The arm P, projecting from the plate O, rests against a fixed arm P on the inclined plate Il. A bar Q has its lower end rested on the'shorter arm of the lever M and Aextends up' in front of the coinchute Il, its upper end being passed through the funnel-shaped enlargement H of the coin-chute. On' the upper forked end of the bar Q, a roller Q is mounted directly below the slot Q2 of a `plate Q3 in the top of the casing. A rock-shaft R extends lfrom front to rear of the casing,`and is mounted in the plate .I near the lower edge of the same and in an arm H2 projecting downwardv from the coin-chute.

Directly below the lower end of the coinchute a casing S is rigidly mounted on said rocking shaft R, which is formed of two disks a short distan ce fromA each other, and between IOO forming the curved bottoms of said pockets.

Parts of one of the plates are nicked or bent to form the projecting stops T, that can strike against the arm H2, thus limiting the move ments of said casing. p In lugs J2 on the inner surface of the plate J a shaft U is mounted,

carrying four notched wheels V, which can rotate in slots V iii the lower edge of the plate J. The notches in said wheels are about equal to half the circumference of a cigarette,

so that a cigarette can rest in one row of notches, as shown in Figs. l and 2. A pawl WV, hinged to an arm XV of the plate J, en-

gages the teeth of one of said notched wheels.

On the rocking shaft R the plate al is fixed.

From the shaft U as many pins d project asV there are' notches in the wheels V, said pins being arranged in two circumferential rows,

the pins being fixed alternately in one row and then in the other, so that when the plate a turns it will rest against a pin (l of one row and then against a pin d of the next row,

and so on. The pinsd and plate a thus form an escapelnent.

Y The operation of the machine is as follows:

The box G, containing the cigarettes, is placed into the box or casing A with the stamp to the outside, so that the same will show through the glass front B. The cigarettes slide down through the curved plate N and through the; cigarette-way K, and the lowest cigarette rests in the notches of the wheels V the prongs of which notches project into the cigarette-way sufliciently to prevent the cigarette dropping upon the curved plate D. The weight of thev cigarette tends to turn the wheels V in 'the direction of the arrow Fig. 1, and thus one of the pins t is pressed against the plate a. If

a coin is passed through the slot Q2 and pressed downward, it acts on the roller Q and presses the bar Q downward, whereby the inner end of the lever M is pressed downward and the outer end raised andthe curved plate N is brought into the position shown in Fig. 2. The arm P of the hinge-plate O, resting against the fixed arm P, causes the plate O to swing into the position shown in Fig. 2 and a cigarette to pass in between the plates O', whereby it is lifted and brought into proper position to slide down the curved plate N and the cigarette-way. The coin when dropping from the lower endof the coin-chute strikesv one of the curved plates S of the casing S and swings said casing to the right or left, according to the position of the casing. As the casing S is fixed on the shaft R, said shaftalso turns, as does the plate a, and thus for every7 time that the casing S swings in one direction or the other the plate a will swing sufficiently to release one pin (Z of one circumferential row of pins and engage a pin of the other row. During the intervals between the disengaging of one pin by the plate a and the engaging of another the shaft V is revolved one-sixth of a turn, thus permitting one cigarette to drop upon the plate D and roll out to the front end of the same.

IIavin th us described my invention, I clai 1n as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, with a casing, of an arm projecting parallel with the front of the casing from the inn er surface of one side wall and of a removable receptacle for the article to be sold, which receptacle tits inbetween the front of the casing and said ar'in and is provided with a projection on its rear wall, said projection resting on the above-mentioned arm, whereby the receptacle is held and supported in vertical position behind the front of the casing, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a box or casing, of a coin-chute, a bar projecting' through the upper end of the same, a lever actuated by the lower end of said bar, a curved plate secured to said lever, a cigarette-adj usting plate pivoted to said curved plate and having prongs forming a pocket, which prongs project through slots in the curved plate, an arm on said pivoted cigarette-adjusting plate, and a fixed arm against which the arm on the pivoted cigarette-ad j usting plate abuts, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination,A with a box or casing,

of a coin-chute, a bar projecting into the upper end of the same, a lever actuated by the lower end of said bar, a curved plate on said lever, and a cigarette-adjusting plate pivoted on said curved plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES MORRIS' OKELLY. lVitncsses:

CARL KARP, J oHN A. STRALEY.

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